Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-12
A GUN FIRED FROM THE vErER
AN CORPS AT O.-W. MOREIEAD

a GUN FIRED FROM THE vETER.
AN CORPS AT O.-W. MOREIEAD.
The writer, Mr.. Cady, an old soldier
and one of Jerauld county's esteemed
pioneers. lifts his voice, as ne once did
ihis arm, in defense of our homes. II
inspires US with fresh courage when
those X:
| 'Whp stood upon the battle plain
| AnJfaced the cannon's deafening fire"
and who, because they know how to
prizethe couatry they fought to save
although MANNED and sick, and feeble
stN rally their remaining strength ts
theer us on Ia this warfare for God
home and; humanity. aTouching Ell
bows" let us'keep step and trust in
God and do the right.
EDITOR TEMPERANCE COLUMN. YVES.
s1NGToN SPRINGS HERALD:
Noticing the .'No prohibition fol
him. article in the July 22d Herald
and having been for near forty years
Qong enough to become fossilized, per.
hapsl an unconpromlsing prohibition.
ist, and being one willing to receive all
the light possible to be had on every
subject Of public concern, and open to
conviction, in about; the same sense
some lady was, who wished first to be
shown the man or woman who could
convince her Of her error, carefully
read it, instead of casting it aside.
AS to- the nature of the spirit OF
spirits that dictated it, was not dis
appointed in finding positive instruc-
tion that they had received either a
crude distillation, or tedious mailing
or if not, then imbued with their scum
as is almost invariably the case with
whatever is thrown off from such hogs.
head reeeptacles
While reading, I saw, or thought /
saw, that, like most ADVOCATES of any
unholy cause, he had discharged a re-
acting blunder-buss, so heavily charged
that he must have had d More-( (cast.
iron)head than that old .".weather-beat-
en-, sun-drled prohlbitor" had stomach.
Then it seemed too, that if he had
survived "two generations of his
chums", and had seen, if not handled
the currency Of mortality, had "paid
the wage Of SIM, that he was just the
man to sound the bugle-note of war to
the knife, and the knife to the hilt, on
that destroying fiend of the still and
the vat,
Furthermore the idea came, didn't
providence in arranging his anatomy.
give him that cast-iron stomach, that
he being the "tittest, survive" his
chums till "his reason being gone' for
advocating the diabolical traffic, he
deemed it more wise to be even Sc
cond-class hypocrite than "more head
than heart" supporter of grog-shops.
A. D. CADY.
Of course people in Iowa can drink.
They can get drunk. But they are not
permitted to put on any style about it.
Gov. Larrabee's notion is that prohi-
bltion, if it were submitted to-day to
popular vote in Iowa, would carry by
from 10000 to 10000 majority.
If prohibition does not prohibit, what
/ is it that causes such an aching void in
the stomachs and writings of SO many
editors Of anti-prohibition papers p
Will some of them tell us what they dc
want, if it is not whiskey or beer?
The internal revenue Office Of Missis.
sippi was transferred from that state
to the Louisiana Office. The revenue
receipts in that state have been annual.
lily decreasing, until the amount has
been less than $4,000. This result is
due to prohibition.
It is reported that the penitentiary at
Fort Madison, Iowa, for the first time
in the history of the state is short OF a
sufficient number of convicts to enable
it to fill the contracts made upon the
basis of the usual supply. And they
have prohibition in that state.
Did you ever know a respectable
man in looking for a location for a
home, to select town because of the
number of saloons that were IN it?-
Have you not often seen them do SO
because of it's churches and schools p
IT the saloon is good thing, why the
1t is amusing to hear our anti-prohi-
bition friends ring that old thread bare
refrain, prohibition don't prohibit, and
there is more liquor sold now than be-
fore the law was passed" and with the
next breath howl about the injustice
of the law, because it ruins the busi-
ness Of the brewer and the distiller,
compensating him for the loss.
heard before OF class Of men
compensation for having
heir business increased? They are
worse than the railroad monopolies
ire. these brewers and diStillerS.